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Casey Anthony’s entire family is horrifically dysfunctional. Anything could’ve happened to Caylee. That poor girl was doomed from the moment she entered that family.
While I don’t think Casey is innocent, she is not required to prove her innocence. The prosecutor did not prove her guilty beyond a resonable doubt.
I’ve no doubt that many if not all members of that jury will carry their own scars from this gruesome trial for the rest of their lives.

What surprised me about this was how fast the jury came back with the verdict, the verdict itself did not. With all the testimony to review I expected they would deliberate all week at the minimum. In my opinion the prosecution proved Caylee was murdered but not that Casey committed that murder. I do think she did but I do not think that was proven and I think her attorney did his job of offering alternate theories.
Jess (#25) the difference with the Christopher Porco murder is the prosecution had a tight timeline with evidence that corraborated that timeline. The difficulty with this case, due to her not reporting her daughter missing, the timeline is really fuzzy.
I am sorry that Caylee will not have justice but I think the Prosecution did not prove their case.

The issue with this case is the fact that the jury didn’t believe Casey was guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt”. Too bad her daughter’s body was found practically in her own backyard and she didn’t report the kid missing and has done nothing but lie from the start.

I personally think the jury felt guilty about giving a young girl the death penalty. I don’t agree with this, but they’re delusional. She’s not going to be able to live any kind of life now anyway. She’ll probably become rich over this, but she’ll be secluded because of all of the death threats she’s going to get. Her own parents even ignored her after the verdict was read.

I believe Casey Anthony murdered her child. But what I believe does not matter. She was tried, a jury deliberated, (and none of us know exactly what happened during those deliberations, and they should not have to defend their decision)and found her ‘not guilty’. Period. Our justice system may be flawed, but no system can be completely infallible. Should she have testified? Absolutely not. The state decides a person is guilty, the onus is on them to prove it. They failed. And, to think that someone should get on the stand and testify because if they were truly innocent, nothing would happen, is extremely naive. Lastly, #34, what do you propose to ‘rectify’ this? It’s done.

She didn’t call police when her child went missing, she made up lies to cover up what happened, she drove around for God only knows how long with the decaying body in her car until the stentch was too much and she ditched the body and the car, and partied like a rock start. This is all I need to know that would give me reasonable doubt that she killed that child. Even if it was an accident she didn’t report it when it happened. GUILTY!!! I guess I wont be serving any jury panel. She was very surprised that she got away with it but karma is a b!@#h and someone is going to take this into their own hands eventually. We haven’t heard the end of this yet!

Ok…. I have heard some jurors speak now. The female, the “Jen” one, stated that until they know how she died, how can they convict? You have go to be kidding me. This is why innocent people go to jail, and people like Casey get off.

AVERAGE HUMANS ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE LAW AND REASONABLE DOUBT!!!!

Who had Caylee last – Casey.
Who lied about where she was and how long she had been missing – Casey
Who had the smell of decomposition in her trunk – Casey
Who had hairs from a dead body with similar DNA to her own in her trunk – Casey
Who continued to refuse to tell anyone how A DEAD BABY ended up in a swamp – Casey
Who was clearly manufacturing choloroform – Casey
Who didn’t seem to care that her baby was dead – Casey
Who completely lied and threw her family under the bus and made wild accusation to cover her own trail – Casey
Who is guilty of homicide at the VERY VERY LEAST!!! – Casey

This is not hard to figure out. Manslaughter was proven….there is a dead baby. That equates to manslaughter in the least. I think the prosecution did a fine job showing everything they had and the JURORS SCREWED THE POOCH!!!! Reasonable doubt was not established; Casey is guilty. This is only a small list of evidence ……there is MORE!

A jury made a decision based on the evidence and testimony they were presented, that’s what they’re there to do. Every case should have a jury like this, where bias, personal feelings and influence from the media and other outside forces, have no impact whatsoever on their decision.

Whether we, as outsiders, feel like she’s guilty or not is opinion…and we’re all entitled to that. Those of who who are saying the jury is wrong, have either never been a juror or never been in a situation where the life of a loved one has teetered on the decision of one.

How quickly they came to a decision says two things very clearly, the state not only failed to present a strong case but they left each and every juror with a TON of doubt. We all know, if there’s doubt…any trace of doubt, you should not (legally) hand down a guilty verdict.